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48,603 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Rights and justice in Bratislava, violence in Mopti and people affected in Chad drew the news. Mali's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 86 in 100 of its 382 stories, usually 43
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Slovakia

328 of its 382 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Bratislava accounted for 211 of Slovakia's 328 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (260 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

126 of its 149 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Mopti accounted for 99 of Mali's 126 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Mopti stories →
Displacement

Chad

23 of its 57 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

786 of its 2,589 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (351 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tsunami.

France over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Egypt

296 of its 601 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

99 of its 164 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

172 of its 355 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

33 of its 40 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Markounda accounted for 30 of the Central African Republic's 33 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 24 of Guatemala City's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

9 of its 38 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 6 of Managua's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Albania (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Chile (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Trinidad & Tobago (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Mar. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 48,603 stories about harm among 234,211 counted on 1 Mar.

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The news turned to Slovakia for the fourth day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 234,211 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Albania's news, mentions of measles ran about 5 times their usual. Slovakia stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. A year earlier, on 1 March 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Over February, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in February 2017.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Slovakia86 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Mali85 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 1,405 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence U.S. Virgin Islands75 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Papua New Guinea73 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US432 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2425 San Francisco US337 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Broward County US229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 724 Florida US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1095 Ghouta Syria145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 813

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualU.S. Virgin Islands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 99 stories, carried by 104 outletsBarbourville, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 65 stories, carried by 90 outletsSokolo, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 44 stories, carried by 25 outletsGothenburg, Sweden -- health: 14 stories, carried by 25 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 21 outletsColorado, US -- other: 30 stories, carried by 25 outletsKampala, Uganda -- rights & justice: 131 stories, carried by 137 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual ● U.S. Virgin Islands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mopti Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 99 stories ● Barbourville US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 65 stories ● Sokolo Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 44 stories ● Gothenburg Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 12,989 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 9,680 stories · about as usual Health20% 9,462 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 8,554 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,111 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,557 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,269 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,065 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed15,987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,733 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,711 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mali Stories reporting refugees657 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced300 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill68 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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